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Labor’s controlled conference avoided the questions that matter
The ALP National Conference should have tested the government’s reform record and commitment to international law, but factional control turned it into a managed exercise in avoidance.
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The arrogance of power: Labor’s complacency is becoming its biggest threat
From $10,000 dinners and corporate-sponsored conferences to ignoring party members and abandoning struggling communities, Labor is displaying the complacency that eventually destroys governments.
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Strengthening Medicare shouldn’t ignore the Australians who rely on private health cover
Before cutting private health insurance rebates, the government should hear older Australians who rely on cover as a safeguard against delay, uncertainty and worsening health.
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